Summer Shakespeare Festival takes place in the courtyard of the Burgrave Palace at the Prague Castle. The festival was originally initiated by Václav Havel. The performances are also presented at Špilberk in Brno and at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava. Prague Castle at night. ... Václav Havel with the Order of Canada Václav Havel, GCB, CC (IPA: ) (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech writer and dramatist. ... // Geography Brno (help· info) (-Czech, German: Brünn) is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, located in the southeast part of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. ... The Castle viewed from the south-west The Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Notable performances

• 2002 – King Lear (Lear: Jan Tříska, directed by Martin Huba)
• 2003 – Hamlet (Hamlet: Jiří Langmajer, directed by Lucie Bělohradská)
• 2004 – Romeo and Juliet (Romeo: Jiří Hájek / Ladislav Hampl, Juliet: Kateřina Čapková / Zuzana Vejvodová, Nurse: Emília Vášáryová, directed by Martin Huba)
• 2005 – Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Viola: Jitka Schneiderová / Zuzana Vejvodová, Olivia: Linda Rybová / Hana Ševčíková, Feste: Jiří Langmajer / Miroslav Táborský, Malvolio: Alois Švehlík / Jan Vlasák, directed by Viktor Polesný)